Growing up, many young children learn the words to the common table prayer, "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blessed, Amen."... The Calvary Lutheran Church Advent Festival ...

Happy (real) new year: the beginning of a new year of grace, which began Dec. 3 with the First Sunday of Advent. “The holidays” so overwhelm our senses each December that it’s hard to remember that ...

"And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" ...

Advent — from the Latin for "a coming, an approach, or an arrival" — is upon us. This season is more than a sentimental, reminiscent waiting for a new baby Jesus. The need for adult Christianity and ...